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SOME four years ago, we1 had the pleasure of recording in NATURE the occurrence of the freshwater medusa, Limnocnida rhodesiœ", from new localities that increased its southern range in Africa. In the present communication we wish to give some details regarding the finding of the freshwater hydromedusa, Craspedacusta sowerbii, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, these being the first records of its occurrence in Canada, so far as can be ascertained.
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01 April 1938
In the letter entitled “Occurrence of the Freshwater Medusa, Craspedacusta sowerbii, in Eastern Canada” by the late Prof. H. B. Fantham and Dr. Annie Porter in NATUBE of March 19, on p. 515, col. 2, line 26, for 1938 read 1937, and on p. 516, line 37, for 32·03 read 32·30.
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FANTHAM, H., PORTER, A. Occurrence of the Freshwater Medusa, Craspedacusta Sowerbii, in Eastern Canada. Nature 141, 515–516 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141515a0
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